The Onox Legion wrote:

Zeloria wrote:Personally I don't really mind wank-nations that much. Sure, make your nation a real life country but stronk, whatever, I don't care. My real problem with these kind of nations is that the geopolitical situation can be pretty boring in them. These wank-nations doesn't really have credible opposition that can make the world more interesting. Internal opposition either doesn't seem to exist or are incompetent caricatures. External opposition meanwhile seems to be completely steamrolled in a war that the wanked nation easily won. I mean for crying out loud, give your nation an actual challenge to overcome. Hell, have aliens invade your planet, I don't care, just create an interesting conflict that is an actual challenge for your nations, because otherwise your setting becomes pretty boring.

Yeah, a functional antagonist that is at the very least a constant thorn in the side of your nation is something that elevates a story. Like the Birds for the Worms, the Old Hylian politics for the Onox Legion, etc.

Continental Free States wrote:

The Onox Legion wrote:Yeah, a functional antagonist that is at the very least a constant thorn in the side of your nation is something that elevates a story. Like the Birds for the Worms, the Old Hylian politics for the Onox Legion, etc.

Unless you're outright planning on writing a "and everyone sat happily ever after and sang kumbaya together" story, which most wank nations don't because gunboat diplomacy and invasions are still rampant.

Terran American Republic wrote:

Continental Free States wrote:Unless you're outright planning on writing a "and everyone sat happily ever after and sang kumbaya together" story, which most wank nations don't because gunboat diplomacy and invasions are still rampant.

I haven't seen many nations like that, even this one and CAR still have enemies (China for this one, Ajaka for the CAR), besides, foeless nations or nations without rampant warfare are boring. Rather dry, I guess you could say.

Hard to make deliberating at the UNSC or diplomatic meetings sound exciting, after all

Zeloria wrote:

Terran American Republic wrote:I haven't seen many nations like that, even this one and CAR still have enemies (China for this one, Ajaka for the CAR), besides, foeless nations or nations without rampant warfare are boring. Rather dry, I guess you could say.

Hard to make deliberating at the UNSC or diplomatic meetings sound exciting, after all

Its not just about having no enemies at all. One thing that I more often notice with these "wank-nations" is that while they do have enemies, those enemies are often easily defeated. And yes, while China in your world is powerful and might oppose America in the future, I still think that NATO and/or the OFN is still a bit too hegemonic and that your world would be more interesting if China had its own global alliance to oppose the OFN/NATO.

Another United States of America Clone wrote:Sup, my in-character name is the United States of America except alternate history.

UIJ wrote:cliche: getting skipped!!!
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Another United States of America Clone wrote:

UIJ wrote:cliche: getting skipped!!!
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cliche: speaking with a mouth!!

The Onox Legion wrote:Cliché: Writing Cliché without the apostrophe

The Emnian Realm wrote:

The Onox Legion wrote:Cliché: Writing Cliché without the apostrophe

In my head I pronounce it like klaitsch every time I see it written cliche

UIJ wrote:

The Emnian Realm wrote:In my head I pronounce it like klaitsch every time I see it written cliche

why

The Emnian Realm wrote:

UIJ wrote:why

For the same reason that stride is pronounced straid — i is long before C+e in English in native words

I know it doesn't apply to cliché as a loanword but it's funny to me either way

UIJ wrote:

The Emnian Realm wrote:For the same reason that stride is pronounced straid — i is long before C+e in English in native words

I know it doesn't apply to cliché as a loanword but it's funny to me either way

pretty sure stride is pronounced stride not straid

The Emnian Realm wrote:

UIJ wrote:pretty sure stride is pronounced stride not straid

I'm using ai to represent the /aɪ/ sound

The Onox Legion wrote:Everything would be so much easier if the Lingua Franca of the World was a better one than english. Oh well...

Vadterland wrote:Invalid opinion, Modern English is heavily derived from French and therefore I despise it with a burning passion.

The Onox Legion wrote:Everything would be so much easier if the Lingua Franca of the World was a better one than english. Oh well...

The Terran Expanse wrote:

The Onox Legion wrote:Everything would be so much easier if the Lingua Franca of the World was a better one than english. Oh well...

Anyone that unironically says "English is bad, it has weird rules" or even the dumb "Hahah, 3 languages in a trenchcoat" argument has never truly dealt with the intricacies of other languages. French and German are extremely unforgiving.

And unlike other lanagues, if you say something incorrect in English there's a 90% chance it can still be understood because we aren't as rigid with our rules.

The Terran Expanse wrote:

The Onox Legion wrote:Everything would be so much easier if the Lingua Franca of the World was a better one than english. Oh well...

Anyone that unironically says "English is bad, it has weird rules" or even the dumb "Hahah, 3 languages in a trenchcoat" argument has never truly dealt with the intricacies of other languages. French and German are extremely unforgiving.

And unlike other lanagues, if you say something incorrect in English there's a 90% chance it can still be understood because we aren't as rigid with our rules.

UIJ wrote:

Vadterland wrote:Invalid opinion, Modern English is heavily derived from French and therefore I despise it with a burning passion.

typical german opinion

Vadterland wrote:

UIJ wrote:typical german opinion

you besmirch my honor by assuming i claim descent from such barbaric stock